Accompanying text in the Americaura show catalog and exhibit:

"She was like our whole country - not quite young anymore, but not old either; a little breathless, very beautiful, maybe a little stupid, maybe a lot smarter than she seemed... She was never quite happy, she was always a little overweight. She was just like our whole country.

Excerpt from A Prayer for Owen Meany (describing Marilyn Monroe) by John Updike